Abel to Yzerman

Steve Yzerman is making the transition from player to executive. And those around him, his former teammates and his newly-found peers, are watching the adjustment with some amusement.

"Yeah, he's got an office and everything," said Wings winger Kirk Maltby.
Yzerman is a vice-president with the club after spending more than two decades as captain in Detroit.
"I think he's getting the idea what being a general manager is all about, the time commitment ... I think I may have talked him out of it," laughed current Wings GM Ken Holland, who welcomed the retired Detroit captain into the management club a few months ago to mentor him along with longtime Wings vice-president Jim Devellano.

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